Re:Ask HN: Are we overreacting to coronavirus?
by bbimbop on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:01AM
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You will likely regret saying this in about 5 days. It's already way too much. Call anyone in NYC if they know of a first hand case. NYC is tracking toward Italy more so than parts of China.
Re:Ask HN: Are we overreacting to coronavirus?
by salmon30salmon on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:16AM
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I work with, have family and have friends in NYC. A lot of the problems in NYC are due to the restrictions on every day life, not the virus. Don't confused the virus with the draconian restrictions we put in place. The latter are having a much larger influence.
Re:Ask HN: Are we overreacting to coronavirus?
by Rapzid on Thursday March 19, 2020 @08:01PM
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Those restrictions are a symptom of the virus too.
Re:Ask HN: Are we overreacting to coronavirus?
by Daishiman on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:05PM
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The restrictions have more influence because we're not at the point where they are overwhelmed by the virus' impacts.
Re:Ask HN: Are we overreacting to coronavirus?
by urthen on Friday March 20, 2020 @11:22AM
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We don't know how bad this will be which is exactly why we're acting like it's going to be bad - assuming that it'll be fine is irresponsible at a time like this.
And the worst part is, assuming it works and the epidemic curve is flattened out, people will still see this as "proof" that it wasn't necessary.
On the one hand, when dealing with the risks associated with a pandemic it is wise to error on the side of caution, but as we go through this we learn more and more how little we knew when we launched this panic campaign.
Until we have a reasonable sampling the entire population, claiming this is the doomsday virus is incredibly dangerous. Shutting down the economy is incredibly dangerous considering our lack of knowledge about this virus.
Incomplete information has spread like absolute wildfire on the internet, and closures and overreactions fell like dominos as worst case scenarios were leaked without context. It is maddening